A large troop carrier with a displacement of 2,000 tons can carry 2,000 soldiers, which is already the limit of carrying capacity. After all, people are not cargo and can be stacked casually. Food, grass and fresh water issues must also be considered.
A total of 50,000 troops were dispatched, and 30 troop transport ships alone were dispatched. Fortunately, the shipbuilding industry has been vigorously developed in recent years, otherwise Wang Xuan would not have such a large long-range operational capability.
The reason why Wang Xuan brought such people was because he wanted to win a quick victory. Even though he usually looked down on Xiaori...zi, in this era, the Japanese country was such a big place and it did support a lot of people.
More than 12 million people!
It is hard to imagine that this country, prone to volcanic disasters and with an area just over three times the size of Zhejiang, could develop and accommodate such a large population in this era.
No wonder, eating a rice ball is a big meal!
According to the information collected by Wang Xuan, the population of the entire Kyushu Island is larger than that of northern Annan, with a population of two million!
As a result, plus the escorting warships and transport ships transporting various supplies, the entire fleet is close to sixty. In fact, many transport ships will not follow Wang Xuan to Kyushu Island after arriving in the Japanese country. According to the plan, this
A batch of transport ships transporting a large amount of supplies will be divided into three teams, one part bound for Tokyo, one part headed for Kyoto, and one part headed for Iwami Country in the north.
These are 'serious' merchant ships, and the purpose of going to these places is to sell goods!
"Lord, we are going to attack the Japanese country, massacre the city, destroy the country, and occupy the land. This, this, this..." Sun Chuanting pointed to the transport ships behind the fleet filled with various goods and asked with a tangled look on his face:
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? It's too undignified!"
These are all transport ships with a carrying capacity of 2,000 tons, carrying a large amount of cloth, porcelain, tea, silk, sugar, wine, ironware and some luxury goods. According to what Sun Chengzong knew, the prices of these items after they were shipped to the Japanese country were calculated.
It’s worth no less than six million taels of silver. It’s really...a huge profit!
For example, the price of cloth in Fujian is ridiculously cheap now. Even tea is grown on a very large scale. The abundance of grain and the development of wine-making technology have caused the cost of wine to drop significantly, not to mention ironware.
If it were not for the porcelain, silk and sugar, the cost of these goods would not exceed 300,000 taels, and even if those valuables are included, the cost would be less than 700,000 yuan.
Of course, this cannot be calculated in terms of cost. This is because the goods prepared by Wang Xuan are different from other maritime merchants. Those maritime merchants only traffic in luxury goods due to limitations in ship carrying capacity, and the profit can reach more than fifteen times, while Wang Xuan's
The idea is dumping, and we must find a way out for mass-produced products!
"No, Sun Chuanting, what does encroachment mean?" Wang Xuan was very unhappy with this statement, "Can you speak? This is called 'friendly communication' and 'reaching an agreement'. Besides, it has nothing to do with whether to do business or not.
It doesn’t matter, no matter whether it’s a war or not, people always need to eat and clothe themselves, so business can’t stop!”
After thinking about it, Wang Xuan added, "No, this is called the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. We are not going to attack the Japanese country, nor are we massacring the city and destroying the country. You have to understand, we are going to save the Japanese people who are in dire straits."
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"Do you know what the people of Japan eat every day? How poor is their food? How ragged are their clothes? How miserable are their lives? I can tell you responsibly that what they eat is better than the pigs we raise.
They are all bad, they are wearing clothes that barely cover their bodies, and they don’t even have underwear, and they are all shared by the wives!” At this point, Wang Xuan raised his head and looked at the sky forty-five degrees, with a look of compassion.
"Ah?" Sun Chuanting looked unbelieving, "Isn't the Japanese country very rich? Otherwise, why would so many people traffic goods there and make a lot of money?"
Indeed, normally speaking, the more wealthy people there are, the easier it is to make money every month. How can you make money in such a poor place where you can't even afford food?
"After all, money can't be used as food, and all the poor people in that place have is money." Wang Xuan didn't know how to describe the Japanese country, so he could only use this statement. It's hard to imagine that the nobles of the Japanese country would have poor nutrition.
It was so bad that even the emperor's life was short-lived because of it. When Wang Xuan accidentally saw that period of history, Wang Xuan didn't know how to laugh.
Faced with Sun Chuanting, who was not good at flattering, Wang Xuan had no choice but to personally give guidance. He waved everyone away and dismissed everyone around him. Only he and Sun Chuanting were left standing at the bow of the boat. Wang Xuan then whispered: "Listen up, remember.
Live, in the history books, this paragraph should be written like this, in the spring of the forty-eighth year of Wanli, the great leader Wang Xuan, the liberator of the people, the pioneer of the ocean, the leader of the new political system, the developer of the New World, heard that the people of the Japanese country did not have enough to eat and lack of warmth.
, living in dire straits, I couldn’t help but burst into tears.”
"Immediately, under the ardent expectations of the Japanese people and the envoy's entreaty, he led a hundred warships, worked hard and went through hardships and tribulations, crossed the vast sea, and saved the Japanese people from dying of freezing and starvation.
, from the brutal oppression and exploitation of the nobles, through arduous fighting, personal experience on the front line, taking the lead, risking bows and arrows, and suffering numerous injuries, we were able to save the Japanese people!"
"Of course, you don't have to copy it, you have to polish it more." After saying that, Wang Xuan looked at Sun Chuanting beside him, and saw that his eyes were so wide that they almost bulged out, with a look of collapse in his outlook on life, and he looked at Wang Xuan blankly.
, he simply couldn't believe that those words just came out of Wang Xuan's mouth.
I'm afraid this is not a lie!
In his impression, Wang Xuan is a person who works neatly and neatly, hates nonsense the most, and does not like other people's flattery. At least, during the time he has been following Wang Xuan, he has never seen anyone come over to flatter him.
Even if there are a few people who are good at flattering, their personal abilities are actually very strong, such as Fan Wencheng.
But now Wang Xuan actually said such words, words that could not be described even if he was bragging, he simply couldn't believe it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "No, what kind of expression do you have?" Damn it, Wang Xuan looked confused. Sun Chuanting really doesn't know how to handle this!
This expression made Wang Xuan blush a little.
"You are a Confucian after all. Don't you know what Chunqiu calligraphy is!? This is the essence of Confucianism! Do you want to record that I took 50,000 people to the Japanese country to kill bloody people? Millions of people were killed. The blood flowed and the pestle was soaked in blood.
The earth is uninhabited for hundreds of miles, and not even a blade of grass grows?"
"I, Wang Xuan, don't want to lose face!"
"Ah, ah!" Sun Chuanting finally realized, this... really can't be written like this, this is simply a demon and a heretic, which is not enough to describe it!
Looking at Sun Chuanting who finally understood Du Lai, Wang Xuan was a little helpless. This man was a bit annoying if he was too upright. No wonder later, he refused to collude with his immediate boss Yang Sichang and other ministers in the court, and was eventually imprisoned for three years and tortured.
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"Sir, um..." Sun Chuanting stuttered for a few words, and then said: "Really, do you want to save people instead of killing them?"
"Of course it's to save people, but a war will inevitably cause some casualties. There's nothing we can do about it." Wang Xuan said meaningfully.
Sun Chuanting obviously did not understand the key point and just nodded silently, although he wondered why Wang Xuan's attitude towards the Japanese and Annan people was very different.
The fleet drifted at sea for about ten days, passed a supply port, and finally arrived at the Ryukyu Kingdom. The King of Ryukyu and his civil and military officials greeted him at the dock. On the same day, Wang Xuan cordially had a friendly talk with the King of Ryukyu and presented him with a book.
, and signed a series of treaties.
The treaty stipulates that from now on, the Ryukyu Kingdom will abolish the Ryukyu language, use Chinese characters, speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes, use Chinese customs... and a series of equality treaties.
After a day of repairs, we continued to set off. Although there were occasional storms along the way, there were already well-explored ports of call. We reached the vicinity of Japan smoothly all the way. They were divided into four fleets near the Osumi Strait, and the main fleet headed straight for Kyushu Island.
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Japan, Kyushu Island, Shimazu clan.
Kyushu Island is divided into Chikuzen, Chikugo, Bunzen, Bungo, Hizen, Higo, Hyuga, Satsuma, and Osumi, a total of nine countries, so it is called Kyushu. Among them, Hyuga, Satsuma, and Osumi are all under the control of the Shimazu clan
, In fact, if Otomo Sorin had not invited Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had already taken control of the central power, to send 250,000 troops to attack Kyushu more than 30 years ago, the Shimadzu family would have almost completely controlled the entire Kyushu Island.
Yes, 250,000, historically known as the "Kyushu Expedition".
Of course, this so-called army of 250,000 people was almost entirely composed of farmers. Here we have to talk about the Japanese military system.
The so-called large army was mainly composed of farmers, and the weapons used were mainly wooden hoes or bamboo guns. As for iron weapons, it was impossible.
Only elite infantry, that is, ashigaru, are qualified to use weapons such as spears.
Because they don't have enough to eat, their combat effectiveness is very poor. They basically only have the ability to wave flags and shout, and build up their momentum. Ashigaru can still go to the battlefield to fight.
In the army, the real main fighting force is the samurai, that is, those guys with braids and shaved hair, small flags on their backs, wearing bamboo armor, and holding samurai swords. Their kung fu focuses on killing with one blow.
, fast and ruthless, leaving no room, what kind of one-sword style, one-sword slashing, after all, there is not so much space on the battlefield for you to dodge and maneuver.
Samurai are a class, the lowest part of the Japanese aristocracy. They are not involved in production, but are supported by daimyo. They specialize in practicing killing skills. It is not illegal to kill and injure common people. They are the main manifestation of a country's combat power. How many samurai are there in the hands of a daimyo?
, is the most important manifestation of its national power.
Once a war breaks out between two countries, the ones at the forefront are mainly samurai. Basically, if the samurai of one country loses, then the war cannot be fought, and defeat is basically certain.
The reason is that the Japanese country is poor and unable to arm its army on a large scale like the Chinese.
At this moment, the Kagoshima Pier was noisy. A large number of ashigaru people were mobilized from all directions and were scattered around the pier. These people were building shacks everywhere, and there was no unified plan. The more than 5,000 people seemed chaotic.
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